The Moon takes about 27.32 days to orbit Earth. During its orbit, the moon passes through two points: Perigee and apogee. Perigee is about 30,000 miles closer to Earth than apogee. A supermoon can ...

Each Full Moon of 2025 is shown in this infographic, along with their popular names, whether they are a micromoon or supermoon, a perigee or apogee Full Moon, and whether they are remarkable in ...

The moon’s orbit around the Earth is elliptical, with a low point, or perigee, of about 224,000 miles, and a high point, or apogee, of 251,650 miles. When we see the moon at perigee, closer to ...

A supermoon is a full or new moon that is at or near ... on average from 363,300 km (the perigee) to 405,500 km (the farthest distance, called the apogee), according to NASA.

That happened because the moon's orbit of Earth is slightly elliptical. That means there's always a date when it's closest to Earth (perigee) and farthest (apogee). April’s full moon was this ...

Despite orbiting Earth, the moon is on an elliptical orbit with a far point (the apogee) and a close point, called the perigee by astronomers, according to NASA. Unlike the orange-red Blood Moons ...